Senior Engineer - Planning & Scheduling

Greythr; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Greythr is seeking a Senior Engineer – Planning & Scheduling to develop and manage integrated project schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities. The role requires strong analytical, coordination, and communication skills to translate scope into actionable timelines.

Responsibilities include baseline development, progress tracking, and schedule risk mitigation, with reporting to project leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field.
• Significant experience in planning and scheduling for engineering/construction projects.
• Proven ability to develop, maintain, and control integrated project schedules.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules (engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning).
• Convert scope into structured plans and schedules with baselines.
• Perform critical path, float, and trend analyses; identify schedule risks.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, and operations teams.
• Prepare progress reports and dashboards for management.
• Support recovery plans and schedule improvements.

Skills

Advanced planning & scheduling

Critical path analysis

Progress tracking

Stakeholder communication

MS Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

The Senior Engineer – Planning & Scheduling is responsible for developing, maintaining, and managing integrated project plans and schedules to support the successful delivery of engineering, construction, maintenance, and other project activities. The role provides advanced planning and scheduling expertise, monitors project progress, identifies schedule risks, and works closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure activities are executed in accordance with approved timelines, priorities, and project objectives.

The position requires strong analytical, coordination, and communication skills, along with the ability to translate project scope and execution strategies into practical, measurable, and achievable schedules.

Key Responsibilities

Job Description: Senior Engineer – Planning & Scheduling - MPR-528Position Overview

The Senior Engineer – Planning & Scheduling is responsible for developing, maintaining, and managing integrated project plans and schedules to support the successful delivery of engineering, construction, maintenance, and other project activities. The role provides advanced planning and scheduling expertise, monitors project progress, identifies schedule risks, and works closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure activities are executed in accordance with approved timelines, priorities, and project objectives.

The position requires strong analytical, coordination, and communication skills, along with the ability to translate project scope and execution strategies into practical, measurable, and achievable schedules.

Planning and Schedule Development

• Develop and maintain detailed, integrated project schedules covering engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and related project activities.
• Convert project scope, work breakdown structures, execution strategies, and contractual requirements into structured plans and schedules.
• Establish activity sequencing, logical relationships, durations, milestones, constraints, and resource requirements.
• Prepare baseline schedules and ensure alignment with approved project objectives, budgets, deliverables, and execution strategies.
• Support the development of short-term, medium-term, and long-term planning schedules.
• Integrate schedules from engineering, procurement, construction, vendors, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Ensure that schedules are realistic, properly logic-linked, resource-conscious, and aligned with project priorities.

Progress Monitoring and Reporting

• Collect, validate, and analyze progress information from project teams, contractors, vendors, and functional departments.
• Update project schedules regularly using actual progress, forecast dates, productivity information, and approved changes.
• Monitor planned versus actual progress and identify deviations, delays, critical activities, and emerging schedule risks.
• Prepare progress reports, look-ahead schedules, dashboards, schedule narratives, and management presentations.
• Track key milestones, deliverables, interfaces, approvals, procurement activities, construction work fronts, and commissioning requirements.
• Provide clear visibility of schedule performance to project management and relevant stakeholders.

Schedule Analysis and Control

• Perform critical path analysis, float analysis, trend analysis, and schedule impact assessments.
• Identify potential delays and recommend practical recovery, mitigation, and acceleration strategies.
• Evaluate the effect of scope changes, design revisions, late information, procurement delays, resource constraints, and site conditions on project schedules.
• Support the preparation and review of recovery schedules, catch-up plans, mitigation plans, and revised execution strategies.
• Conduct schedule health checks to verify logic, durations, relationships, constraints, calendars, progress status, and data integrity.
• Maintain schedule control in accordance with established project controls procedures and reporting requirements.

Coordination and Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, contracts, commercial, quality, and project management teams.
• Facilitate planning meetings, progress review meetings, schedule workshops, and coordination sessions.
• Obtain timely updates from responsible parties and challenge progress information where required.
• Communicate schedule risks, dependencies, constraints, and recommended actions in a clear and professional manner.
• Support alignment between project schedules, contractor schedules, resource plans, procurement plans, and execution priorities.
• Build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across multiple disciplines.

Change and Risk Management

• Support the assessment of schedule implications arising from change orders, variations, claims, design changes, and revised project requirements.
• Maintain records of schedule changes, approved adjustments, assumptions, constraints, and key planning decisions.
• Identify schedule-related risks and opportunities and contribute to project risk mitigation planning.
• Provide planning input for delay analysis, extension-of-time assessments, recovery planning, and project claims when required.
• Ensure that approved changes are properly reflected in current schedules and forecasts.

Process Improvement and Team Support

• Improve planning, scheduling, reporting, and progress measurement processes to enhance project visibility and control.
• Develop and maintain standard planning templates, reporting formats, coding structures, and scheduling procedures.
• Provide guidance and technical support to planning engineers, schedulers, project engineers, and other team members.
• Promote consistent use of planning and scheduling best practices across projects and departments.
• Contribute to lessons-learned activities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure planning activities comply with applicable company policies, project procedures, quality requirements, and health and safety standards.

Key Requirements

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Significant experience in project planning and scheduling, preferably within engineering, construction, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, or other project-based environments.
• Proven experience developing and controlling integrated project schedules from initiation through completion.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary project teams, contractors, vendors, and senior stakeholders.
• Experience in progress measurement, schedule analysis, reporting, forecasting, and delay mitigation.
• Exposure to change management, risk management, cost control, and project controls practices is preferred.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of planning and scheduling principles, project execution methodologies, and schedule control practices.
• Proficiency in professional scheduling and project controls software such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or equivalent tools.
• Strong understanding of work breakdown structures, activity coding, calendars, baselines, critical path methodology, float, resource loading, and schedule forecasting.
• Ability to analyze complex project data and produce accurate, meaningful reports and recommendations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Familiarity with earned value concepts, productivity analysis, progress measurement systems, and dashboard reporting is advantageous.

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent planning, organization, and time-management skills.
• High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under schedule pressure.
• Strong communication, coordination, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to challenge information constructively and influence timely corrective action.
• Sound judgment and the ability to identify schedule risks before they affect project delivery.
• Proactive, collaborative, and results-oriented approach.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary team.

Key Performance Indicators

• Accuracy and reliability of project schedules and forecasts.
• Timeliness and quality of schedule updates and progress reports.
• Effectiveness of critical path, delay, and schedule-risk identification.
• Achievement of project milestones and planned completion dates.
• Timely implementation of recovery and mitigation actions.
• Quality of stakeholder coordination and schedule integration.
• Compliance with project controls procedures and reporting standards.

Role Details

• Job Title: Senior Engineer – Planning & Scheduling
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Function: Project Controls / Planning and Scheduling
• Work Environment: Multidisciplinary project and operational environment
• Reporting To: Project Controls Manager, Planning Manager, or Project Manager